Two weeks ago, Chivas USA were faced with an early 1-0 deficit to the L.A. Blues in the Third Round of the U.S. Open Cup. Fortunately for the Red-and-White, they were able to score two goals and advance to the Fourth Round of the national tournament. On Wednesday evening, luck wasn’t on the Goats’ side as they took a 3-1 loss to NASL side, the Carolina RailHawks, after 120 minutes played at WakeMed Soccer Park.

“We started slow, went down a goal, picked it up in the second half. I thought we made some good switches, had more attacking; we scored a good goal, a goal from Vílchez on a set piece. We all thought we scored another one near the end; we all thought that was in,” said Interim Coach Sacha van Der Most after game in North Carolina. “Like Jose Luis [Real] said, the 90 minute game was good. Overtime was not so good; we dropped it.”

Now that the Red-and-White have concluded their run in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament, the team will turn their focus to Major League Soccer’s Regular Season, where the Goats must start earning points in order for a shot in the playoffs.

“We need to get back up and start working. We know that it’s not a positive season at this point but with the coach [Jose Luis Real] stepping in, I think there’s a lot of good things we have to work on and take the good things from this game that we definitely had in the second half. We have to start building on the system that we want to work with and go from there. We have to keep our head up and continue to work.

“This week, we have a full week to work towards Vancouver. Work with the positives we can get from this game and prepare for the upcoming Wednesday, and then the [LA] Galaxy a few days later,” van Der Most finalized.